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Glioblastoma Stem Cells as a Therapeutic Target

Cancer Stem Cells: New Horizons in Cancer Therapies, Page: 167-184
2020
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Glioblastoma (GBM) is a deadly brain tumor with poor prognosis despite the improvement in the diagnosis of GBM and innovative treatment strategies. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy could only help the GBM patients to a mean survival of 15 months. One of the key reasons for this poor outcome is a complex tumor heterogeneity and the presence of cancer stem cells (CSCs). CSCs in GBM (GSCs) are responsible for drug resistance and relapse. Cancer cells (non-GSC)are normally sensitive to drug treatment, whereas GSCs are resistant to treatment. This chapter describes the complexity of GSC and their microenvironment niche, GSCs as a therapeutic target, and details on clinical trials that target GSCs. This knowledge may help us in better understanding CSCs in glioblastoma and developing new therapeutic strategies for this deadly disease.

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Devaraj Ezhilarasan; R. Ileng Kumaran; Ilangovan Ramachandran; Santosh Yadav; Muralidharan Anbalagan

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Medicine; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

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